Question

Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game." Rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come. His eyes, too, were black and very bright. He had high cheek bones, a sharp-cut nose, a spare, dark face, the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. Turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. The giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. Kobe is writing an essay about "The Most Dangerous Game.” This excerpt supports his idea that Zaroff’s physical appearance mirrors his Russian heritage. evil personality. poor sportsmanship. lonely existence.

Answer 1

Answer: B) Evil personality.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game" we can see the description of Rainsford's first impression of general Zaroff. From the given options, the one that represents what is mirrored by Zaroff physical appearance is the corresponding to option B: his evil personality, we can see that in phrases like "He had high cheek bones, a sharp-cut nose, a spare, dark face, the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat."

Answer 2

"black as the night" mustache, "black eyes", "dark face"...
dark or black is almost always used as a description for bad or evil.